Etched Sorrow·Rakusai / Saga-Toriimoto

Adashino's 8,000 Stone Buddhas

Adashino received Kyoto's dead from Heian times. In the Meiji era eight thousand scattered stone Buddhas were gathered to face Amida in the Sai-no-Kawara; each August's Sento Kuyo lights them with a thousand flames.

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These notes come from desk research. Local traditions vary.